Naomi likes to help me cook in the kitchen. In fact, she LOVES to help me cook in the kitchen, and she wants to participate in every aspect of the process. The minute she sees me pulling out pots and pans or gathering ingredients, she runs for a chair, drags it to the counter next […]
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California Dreaming
September 24th, 2011 
Jessica Have you missed reading my posts lately? It’s hard to believe that 4 weeks have already passed since my last post! Our family has been incredibly busy during this time. I sold my car on September 1, taking a crash course in Craigslist, inspections, and car sales. Brad was invited to California for another week, […]
The Abundant Husband: We’re Moving to California!
August 24th, 2011 Jessica “‘Come,’ he said. Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus.” Matthew 14: 29 Here we go again! Like Peter jumping out of the boat to walk on the water with Jesus, we too are about to take another leap of faith. As this summer […]
Don’t look back
July 8th, 2011 Jessica In my daily Bible reading, I’ve been working my way through a list in my Bible entitled “5 Minutes Reading About Women of the Bible.” It’s been interesting as I’ve moved through the scriptures from Eve to Ruth, studying all the women in between. This morning I read about Deborah (Judges 4:1-5:31). Deborah told Barack […]
June 24, 2011: Gratitude
June 24th, 2011 Jessica Yesterday, I sat on the front porch swing reading a book, with Oliver sitting beside me. I twiddled a pencil in my fingers while he gnawed on the fingers of my other hand. It was warm, but there was a light breeze. The neighbor across the street mowed his lawn, and white clouds drifted lazily […]
September 21, 2008: My Legacy
June 9th, 2011 Jessica “I have been with you wherever you have gone….Now I will make your name great, like the names of the greatest men of the earth….When your days are over and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, who will come from your own body….Your house and your kingdom […]
October 5, 2010: Ferocious Fighter
June 3rd, 2011 Jessica “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us to the desert to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt? Didn’t we say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone; let us serve the Egyptians’? It would have been better for us to serve the […]
August 22, 2010: Living Room Prophet
June 1st, 2011 Jessica “For two whole years Paul stayed there in his own rented house and welcomed all who came to see him. Boldly and without hindrance he preached the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ.” -Acts 28:30-31 Dear Friends, During the month of July, Brad was one of the Head Leaders […]
April 11, 2010: The Best Job in the World
May 31st, 2011 Jessica “But those who wait on the LORD shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.” Isaiah 40:31 I have the world’s best job. I feel like the last 10 years have been a blur. I graduated from high […]
May 6, 2011: Prayer for Today
May 6th, 2011 Jessica He replied, “You of little faith, why are you so afraid?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm. Matthew 8:26 Jesus, I spend so much of my time worrying, wondering what the future will hold. Will Brad get the job he wants? Will he go back […]
